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ALUNNO, FRANCESCO. c.1480-1556.
Le Ricchezze della lingua volgare.... Venice: Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1551.

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ALUNNO, FRANCESCO. c.1480-1556.

Le Ricchezze della lingua volgare.... Venice: Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1551.
Folio (305 x 210). A-2C8 2D-2E6. Printer's dolphin and anchor device on last page. Large woodcut author portrait on title. Period limp vellum. Closed tear to F2, spine a little dry, front paste-down sprung to reveal Hebrew MS spine support, near fine.
Provenance: anonymous owner, Sotheby's, Dec 5, 1991, lot 35.

SECOND EDITION, expanded and with the fine author portrait. Adams A843; Renouard 151.

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